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Stylish students fight for a nation
STUDENTS from the John Ward School of Korean Martial Arts had a fantastic result at the weekend when they took part in the Birmingham heat of the National All Styles (NAS) Martial Arts Tournament.
This is the second time that the club have entered this competition, which, as the name suggests, is open to all styles of martial arts.
The competition included forms, points and continuous sparring, weapons and demonstration events.
Including school owner, John Ward, 20 people from the club entered this very well attended competition.
John said: "We went to the competition a little more confident that last time, as we had a previous good experience of the event.
"Last time we found the sparring rules a little difficult to adapt to as they were quite different from what we had been used to.
"This time, both I and one of the school instructors, Angela Prince, had attended a judging seminar run by the organisation. This proved to be a great help this time."
Indeed it was, as all 20 of the team came back home with at least one trophy, many with two or more.
Altogether the team came back with an astounding total of 42 trophies which included 17 first place, 16 second place and nine third place.
"With success like this, everyone is raring to go again at the second heat which takes place in October and hopefully the finals in December", said John.
Trophy winners: Forms – 1st place: John Ward, Laura Cundell, Peter Gregg, Daniel Zanelli, Luke Harwood; 2nd place: Matthew Walker, Matthew Henley; 3rd place: Gemma Prince, Paris Cooke-Davis. Sparring – 1st Place: Natasha Bacon, Luke Harwood, Colm Walker; 2nd place: Peter Gregg, Natasha Lee (points and continuous), Matthew Henley; 3rd place: Daniel Zanelli, Natasha Bacon. Group demonstration – 1st place: John Ward, Angela Prince, Kevin Horner,
Stefanie Gregg, Alex Smith, Connor Prince, Elliot Gregg; 2nd place: Laura Cundell, Matthew Walker, Natasha Bacon, Daniel Zanelli, Gemma Prince, Colm Walker; 3rd place: Callum Mitchell, Jack Howard, Natasha Lee, Paris Cooke-Davis. Musical forms – 1st place: John Ward, Callum Mitchell; 2nd place: Angela Prince, Connor Prince; 3rd place: Stefanie Gregg. Weapons – 2nd place: John Ward, Connor Prince.
The school teaches a wide range of different martial arts and self defence skills and John is keen to point out that it is not all about competitions.
The club has around 100 members and is always interested in hearing from potential students from the age of four.
The John Ward School is located in Morecambe's Whitefield Place, just off White Lund Road.
Anyone interested in joining or finding out more about the martial arts taught can contact John on 01524 851370 or 07979 544466 or check out the club's website www.johnwardschool.co.uk.
Members of the successful team from the John Ward School of Korean Martial Arts. Back row from left: Standing (far left) Matthew Walker, Laura Cundell, Peter Gregg, Angela Prince, John Ward, Kevin Horner, Natasha Lee. Middle row: Connor Prince, Jack Howard, Daniel Zanelli, Matthew Walker, Luke Harwood, Callum Mitchell (standing) Colm Walker. Front row: (kneeling) Natasha Bacon, Stefanie Gregg, Gemma Prince, Elliot Gregg, Paris Cooke-Davis, Alex Smith.
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